References for lesson 1: Basic issues
 

Aumann, Robert J. [1987]: Game Theory, in "The new Palgrave Dictionary of Economics", (editors: J. Eatwell, M. Milgate and P. Newman), Macmillan, Londra, 460-482. An interesting introduction to game theory

Hildenbrand, Werner [1974]: Core and Equilibria for a Large Economy, Princeton University Press, Princeton (NJ). A reference for games with an infinite set of players.

von Neumann, John [1928]: Zur Theorie der Gesellschaftsspiele, Matematische Annalen, 100, 295-320; english translation: "On the Theory of Games of Strategy", in "Contributions to the Theory of Games", n. IV, 13-42, 1959; see also: "Collected Works", vol. VI.
The "minimax" theorem.

von Neumann, John [1937]: Über ein ökonomisches Gleichungssystem und eine Verallgemeinerung der Brouwer'schen Fixpunktsatzes, Ergebnisse eines Math. Kolloquiums, 8, 73-83.
The growth model of von Neumann.

von Neumann, John and Oskar Morgenstern [1944]: Theory of Games and Economic Behavior, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1944; second edition (with appendix on axiomatic foundations of expected utility): 1947; third edition: 1953.
The birth of game theory.